People in this chapter: (Sertius), (Hatheron), (Adeline Giles), (Maleg Bazd Bruce).

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Chapter 060: (Tosdel)

The light in the distance is gradually expanding, spreading, turning from gray to white, from white to yellow, from yellow to fiery red—the day is revealed, bringing joy and life.

The full radiance of the morning sun shone on all things on the earth. Svadia has entered the height of summer, and the village of Tosder is also surrounded by lush greenery, and most of the villagers are busy with farm work in the fields.

The land, like the rest of the territory of Swadia, is cultivated in rotation. Most of the men are shirtless in the fields, while the women are grazing their livestock in the surrounding pastures, and children and the elderly help fetch water in front of the communal wells.

Since the town of Tosdel was taken over to the Swadian royal family, this land on the border has not been garrisoned by soldiers, and has often been burned and plundered by bandits, rebels, and Nord soldiers, resulting in a sharp decline in population and the transformation from a town to a village.

Although the village is not rich and the population is not very large, it is clear that the people are still struggling. The village chief is already very old, and he is a respected old man. Seeing a group of Sercius from afar, he hurriedly led more than 100 villagers to the entrance of the village to greet them.

Sercius turned over and dismounted, walked up to the leading old man, showed the old man the edict of King Haraus, and told the old man that he had brought a bunch of helpers.

The old village chief hurriedly drew a cross on his chest, and then bent down to kiss the heraldic charm on Sercius' chest three times. "Thank God, my lord, that this land has just been plundered by bandits, and you have come at a better time. ”

Sercius smiled bitterly, and then bent down to salute the old man as well. "It is immoral for you, an old man, to bow to me. He gestured to the caravan behind him. "Don't worry! These soldiers from Nord will be the helpers of the summer planting season, the guardians of this land. ”

When the old man heard the words of the Nord soldier, his face suddenly became a little panicked.

When Sertius saw this, Wen Yan reassured: "You don't have to worry, you don't need to be afraid, they are all soldiers under me now, and the Nords are not only a brave and fearless people, but also a people who pay attention to integrity." ”

"Yes, sir!" replied the old man earnestly. "I have no denying this, they will be good helpers!"

And Hatheron, who was driving the car, apparently became impulsive again after hearing the word robber. "Robber?" he roared like a bowstring. "Those damn bastards, what else would they do but bully the common people!

Serseus gestured to Hatheron to shut up, then pointed to the tomahawk at his waist. "Hatheron, if you wish, you can train these peasants and teach them how to protect their land. ”

"I'm going to train them one by one to be good at dealing with bandits. Hatheron patted his chest and assured his master.

Sercius chuckled, "It's busy farming season, let's talk about it later!" The freelancer then turned to the village chief. "Do you have any spare rooms?"

The village chief nodded. "Of course, my lord, there are many unused houses here," the old man gestured to the pile of stones on the opposite hill. "There's a quarry nearby, and there's a lot of wood, so it's not a problem to build a new house. ”

Sercius looked at the people behind him, especially at Maleg for a long time, and then suddenly it occurred to him that he took out a small bag of seeds from his chest pocket.

"Old man, I know that there should be idle land here, give me a small piece of land for self-reserve, one acre of land is enough. Sercius said in a sincere tone. "I'm going to plant the seeds of these tobaccos so I don't have to go through the trouble of looking for wild tobacco. ”

"My lord, everything here belongs to you!" replied the old villager respectfully.

The freelancer paused, coughed fiercely, and turned to Malleg: "My dear Grand Duke, I think you know that you are as familiar with the properties of this plant as I am, and you can teach them how to grow it. Don't always think about your girl, even if she can accept you, their brothers and fathers are not all magnanimous. ”

Maleg was said to have hit the sore spot, his expression flickered, and he nodded silently.

Everyone laughed, and the village chief nodded to Sercius at this time, and asked in a low voice, "My lord, I know that you are merciful, all our things have been robbed, and the time is not far from the day of paying taxes, can you ......?"

Sercius held up a hand to signal that he didn't have to say any more. "I know the old man, you don't have to worry. Then he raised his voice and said loudly, in decibels that everyone present could hear: "As my first land in Calradia, I can't treat it badly. Despite its misfortune, it is still beautiful, let alone such a wonderful summer. Don't let the dinar ruin our summer, I declare now that until next summer, the village of Tosdel will be all tax-free!"

The people at the scene did not react immediately, because no lord had done anything about the annual tax exemption at all. Everyone looked at the red-haired young man in amazement, and they couldn't believe if what they had just heard was true.

With a smile on his face all the time, Sercius walked up to the village chief, who was also shocked, knelt down on one knee and touched the surface of his feet with his hands: "May this land bless me and my people. Old man, please bless me!"

It took a long time for the old man to react, and he bent down and whispered in Swadia above the freelancer's head, "May all the gods bless you, my lord, you are the kindest lord that Calradia has ever seen." Your unicorn brings more than freedom. ”

People woke up suddenly as if in a big dream, and in an instant, a deafening shout erupted. Long live the shouts, the name of Sercius and the name of the Freerider.

After settling the Nord soldiers, their weapons and supplies, Sertius and Hatheron unloaded the armor of the black-armored horse and the saddles of the other horses, and then took the horses to the fields and handed them over to the peasants.

"When there is no war, they should be domesticated," Sercius said to the peasants in a modest tone. "Even if you let them plough the fields and grind, it doesn't matter. ”

Since there were no cattle in the village, the heavy work of the fields fell on the shoulders of the men, but there were no more than forty young men in the whole village, and in spite of the hard work of the peasants day and night, large tracts of fields remained deserted.

A week passed quickly, and the villagers of Tosdel Village were very fond of the approachable young lord of Sercius, and although they did not know the current lord, they felt in their hearts that their lord was a really kind and good man.

Obviously, though, a true knight doesn't understand the use of buying hearts and minds like Sercius. Adeline Giles is one of them.

She couldn't understand — or rather became interested — in this man with a strong merchant temperament, who was sometimes rough and bold, sometimes nuanced.

Indeed, although they are all from outside of Calradia, Sercius's temperament is more special than Malleg's temperament, and it seems that everyone around him will soon be attracted to the single-minded things in him, and this girl is naturally no exception.

However, it does take a lot of work to turn the freelancer in this girl's impression. What's more, Adeline felt that she couldn't adapt to the complete pastoral life at all—she was also a knight, and although she didn't have a fief, she had never done such heavy and complicated manual work—after all, her status was no longer a noble lady, but a serf in the name of [Tosdel Village].

Sercius took special care of her, not only building her a new stone-walled house, but even sending someone to enclose a courtyard in front of her house. The people in the village also knew that she was a noble lady, and even tried not to let her do things.

However, this made Adeline, who has a good nature, very angry, and she thought that she would not be worse than a man. However, farming is not something that can be learned by being stubborn. Especially when she found out that even a few children were more familiar with the land than she was, she suddenly discovered an invisible barrier.

Her life is far from the earth. She will never understand the joys and sorrows, their fears and sorrows, of these people who have spent their lives on the earth, for she herself does not know the way, and that the fears and sorrows of these peasants come from the life she is familiar with—or rather, from people like her. They were fed by the earth, and those who depended on it forever were exhausted by war and taxes.

On a midsummer afternoon, the cool breeze blows, and the smoke rises from the Tosdel Village. The whole land fell into endless silence and laziness, as if it was comfortably owing to the body, and yawned greatly.

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